Ellesmere Canal

Ellesmere, Shropshire

The mere and canals in Ellesmere, Shropshire. Well worth a visit if you're in the area or even better by narrowboat. Amazing sunsets at the end!
The mere's were created by melting ice 10,000 years ago, the mere at Ellesmere is the largest of nine glacial meres in the area and some of the largest in England outside the Lake District. What makes them different from those in the Lake District is that they don't have a flow of water into them to maintain the level. In 1812 the Lady of Ellesmere House, took the unemployed people of the area and got them to work landscaping her garden. It was winter and all the soil from the gardens was wheelbarrowed across the frozen mere and left in a pile, when it thawed it settled into an artificial island. This was later named 'Moscow Island' and shortened to 'Cow Island'. The island is very popular with birdwatchers who visit to see the grey herons nesting.

Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere, a town on the Llangollen Canal. Known for its Meres and man made island.

Ellesmere UK

Ellesmere

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Places to see in ( Ellesmere - UK )

Places to see in ( Ellesmere - UK )

Ellesmere is a market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its proximity to a number of prominent lakes known as the Meres. Ellesmere Castle was probably an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle most likely built by either Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, or his son Roger the Poitevin at Castlefields overlooking the Mere. Only its earthworks now remain, with the top of the motte being used for the bowling green, which still commands a fine view.

In 1114, King Henry I gave Ellesmere to William Peverel as a part of the Maelor, which included Overton & Whittington at that time. His descendants retained Ellesmere until apparently the late 1140s when the lordship was acquired, probably by force, by Madog ap Maredudd of Powys. Madog died in 1160 and Ellesmere came into the hands of King Henry II.

In 1177 King Henry II gave the manors of Ellesmere and Hales in England to Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (who already had a castle at Rhuddlan and was, by this time, the sole ruler of Gwynedd. Earlier, in the summer of 1174, Dafydd had married Emme of Anjou, half sister of Henry, and sister of Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, both illegitimate children of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou). Dafydd remained Lord of Ellesmere until his death in 1203.

In mid-April 1205, Llywelyn the Great married Joan, Lady of Wales illegitimate daughter of King John and Ellesmere was given to them as a wedding gift. Llywelyn's mother was Marared (Margaret), daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys. There is evidence that, after her first husband Iorwerth's death, Marared married in the summer of 1197, Gwion, the nephew of Roger Powys of Whittington Castle. She seems to have pre-deceased her husband, after bearing him a son, David ap Gwion, and therefore there can be no truth in the story that she later married into the Corbet family of Caus Castle (near Westbury, Shropshire) and later, Moreton Corbet Castle. Ellesmere was ordered to be attacked by King Henry III in 1231, but Llywelyn retained control of the lordship until his death in 1240. In 1241 King Henry III ordered John le Strange to repair the wooden castle of Ellesmere.

The former Marcher Lordship of Ellesmere (formerly a Hundred in its own right) was annexed to Shropshire and the Hundred of Pymhill by section 11 of the Laws in Wales Act 1535. Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley, was born Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, in Ellesmere in 1800. A patron of the arts, in 1848 he purchased at auction for 355 guineas from the estate of Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the only known (or suspected) portrait of William Shakespeare in existence. Ellesmere Island in Canada was named after him.

The town is located by the side of 'the Mere', one of the largest natural meres in England outside the Lake District and one of nine glacial meres in the area. ('glacial' means that the depression occupied by the mere was the location of a block of ice that persisted at the end of the last Ice Age). These meres are different from those in the Lake District in that they do not have a flow of water into them to maintain the level.

An artificial island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from soil dug out during the making of the gardens at Ellesmere House. This was later named Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to retreat from Moscow that year. The Mere has a visitors' centre and is popular with birdwatchers, many of whom visit to see grey herons nesting. There are eight other meres nearby: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and Hanmer Mere. The civil parish which constitutes the town is Ellesmere Urban; the surrounding parish, covering a large rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.

The A495 and A528 roads cross at Ellesmere. The latter runs 15 miles south-southeast from Ellesmere to the county town, Shrewsbury. The town lies beside the Llangollen Canal with a short side arm reaching the town centre wharf. The canal eventually terminates just outside Llangollen at Llantysilio after passing through the 18 km World Heritage site which includes Chirk Aqueduct and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Ellesmere no longer has a railway, but it was once on the Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway main line of the Cambrian Railways.

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Ellesmere, Shropshire

The mere and canals in Ellesmere, Shropshire. Well worth a visit if you're in the area or even better by narrowboat. Amazing sunsets at the end!
The mere's were created by melting ice 10,000 years ago, the mere at Ellesmere is the largest of nine glacial meres in the area and some of the largest in England outside the Lake District. What makes them different from those in the Lake District is that they don't have a flow of water into them to maintain the level. In 1812 the Lady of Ellesmere House, took the unemployed people of the area and got them to work landscaping her garden. It was winter and all the soil from the gardens was wheelbarrowed across the frozen mere and left in a pile, when it thawed it settled into an artificial island. This was later named 'Moscow Island' and shortened to 'Cow Island'. The island is very popular with birdwatchers who visit to see the grey herons nesting.

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The Meres of Ellesmere (HD)

Take a trip around the Meres of Ellesmere; a great Shropshire adventure

RTB: Real Time Boating! Tetchill to Ellesmere!

Time to go boating! This time we are on the Llangollen Canal heading from Tetchill to Ellesmere!
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Canal by Blakemere, Ellesmere, Shropshire UK 13feb2019 16:20pm

The Ellesmere Tunnel

All of just eighty yards long, but fun.

The Chester Canal where the Ellesmere Canal joins it - Cheshire, England

The Virtual Tourist walks around the Chester Canal where the Ellesmere Canal joins it - Cheshire, England

Ellesmere Town Shropshire

The Red Lion Pub in Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere, Shropshire - DJI MAVIC PRO

Footage of the Colemere lake and Shropshire union canal. Shot with a DJI Mavic Pro.

Ellesmere Lake & Town Shropshire

Ellesmere Lake Shropshire

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Towpath Biking: Boats Everywhere at Ellesmere!

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